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Extreme origami

November 28th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Design, Fashion

Anouk Vogel is a Dutch landscape architect. She just realised FOLDING FOR PEACE, a paper garden in Nagasaki, Japan. “An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury. Inspired by this popular belief, the garden Folding [...]

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Zwarte Parel (Black Pearl)

November 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Architecture

Countless times I came across the Black Pearl on the Internet, the house always drew my attention and I always thought, “that house is so black!” Recently this former neglected home which is situated in Rotterdam, The Netherlands won The Lensvelt Architect interieurprijs 2011 prize. Because of this I looked into the project again and [...]

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“Red Ribbon”, Landscape art in China

October 17th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Architecture, Nature

The Thange river Park in Qinhuangdao, China is situated along a river and for many years the park was a deserted land with no useful function. Seedlings of popular trees were all over the place, the park was neglected and some parts became garbage dumps. And look at it now … The natural site has [...]

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Searching for upholstery?

September 5th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Architecture, Design, Interior Design, Woodwork

While searching for new upholstery for our (Artifort) living room couch I came across the website of MEG O’HALLORAN DESIGN. Boy do they have beautiful fabrics … And not only fabrics, MEG O’HALLORAN DESIGN is a collaborative design-make studio specializing in modern furniture, carpets, and upholstery fabrics. Leading lady Meghan O’Halloran was trained as an [...]

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Another inspiration

August 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Architecture

I think I see another brooch coming on … The site of Wee House is a big inspiration for me. Most of the houses they build have clean lines, timeless quality and basic shapes. The very basic shape of this beautiful barn house for instance. Very easy to see another brooch in it don’t you [...]

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A slate wall and inspiration

July 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Jewelry, Latest Design, My Work, Uncategorized

Remember this photo I used in this previous post? In Belgium and French, en route on our holiday we saw many more of those walls. The walls sometimes have fantastic patterns and are mostly made of slate, although I think the blue tiles are made of copper. I think it was Erica Hogenbirk, who pointed [...]

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Architecture en route

July 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Architecture, Jewelry, Life, Uncategorized

Oh boy it is sort of hard to start things up after our small break in French. But I mist my blog and I am also eager to continue working on the line of brooches we started to make just before we left. We had a lovely time, with long hikes along the beautiful coastline [...]

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Floating swimmingpool

June 28th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Life

We are having the most fantastic weather overhere in The Netherlands … Temperatures up to 27 degrees yesterday, which is predicted again today. Great! It was also said a violent storm would follow the fine weather at the end of the day. So all day yesterday I worked in my garden to support the long [...]

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Inspiration…

June 24th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Architecture, Jewelry, Life, My Work

Still under the spell of brooches … and yes I know … I talk about brooches too often lately. I see inspiration  everywhere, like here, beautiful lines and shapes … House Pin made by Jan Kerkstra of Atelier The Jewelry Story Or here … squares and rectangles who are in my opinion entirely in balance. [...]

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Awe-inspiring ruins

June 22nd, 2011 · 2 Comments · Architecture, Uncategorized

In a previous post on this blog, I have written about how some Scots have a very personal relationship with their ruins … That Scottish people are not the only ones with a great sense of history proves this project in Germany where it was decided to use the ruins of a 15th century castle [...]

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